Microsoft, BBC pair up on digital strategy
C|Net | at | by Mike
The BBC has signed a memorandum of understanding with Microsoft to work together on next-generation digital broadcasting technologies.
The agreement could give the software giant a major role in the state-owned British broadcaster's delivery of Internet-based digital content in the future.
The memorandum was signed by BBC Director General Mark Thomson, the BBC's director of new media and technology, Ashley Highfield, and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday in Seattle.
The memorandum does not commit the BBC to buying any Microsoft technology to underpin the introduction of digital services in the future. A BBC representative said this was "definitely on the cards," but insisted that the broadcaster won't be favoring Microsoft at the expense of its rivals.